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Merry Go ’round Lyrics By Kacey Musgraves

    if you ain’t got two kids by
    you’re probably gonna die alone
    at least that’s what tradition told you
    and it don’t matter if you don’t believe
    come sunday morning you best be
    there in the front row like you’re s’posed to
    same hurt in every heart
    same trailer different park

    pre
    mama’s hooked on mary kay
    brother’s hooked on mary jane
    and daddy’s hooked on mary two doors down

    mary mary quite contrary
    we get bored so we get married
    and just like dust we settle in this town
    on this broken merry go ’round
    and ’round and ’round we go
    where it stops nobody knows
    and it ain’t slowin’ down
    this merry go ’round

    we think the first time’s good enough
    so we hold on to high school love
    say we won’t end up like our parents
    tiny little boxes in a row
    ain’t what you want it’s what you know
    just happy in the shoes you’re wearin’
    same checks we’re always cashin’
    to buy a little more distraction

    pre
    ’cause mama’s hooked on mary kay
    brother’s hooked on mary jane
    and daddy’s hooked on mary two doors down

    mary mary quite contrary
    we get bored so we get married
    and just like dust we settle in this town
    on this broken merry go ’round
    and ’round and ’round we go
    where it stops nobody knows
    and it ain’t slowin’ down
    this merry go ’round
    mary mary quite contrary
    we’re so bored until we’re buried
    and just like dust we settle in this town
    on this broken merry go ’round
    and ’round and ’round we go
    where it stops nobody knows
    and it ain’t slowin’ down
    this merry go ’round

    jack and jill went up the hill
    jack burned out on booze and pills
    and mary had a little lamb
    mary just don’t give a damn no more

    Artist: Kacey Musgraves

    Year: 2012

    Decade: 10s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 182